Hamza Muhammad Hassan Matrouk

Hamza Muhammad Hassan Matrouk (1991-) was a Palestinian man who was responsible for a stabbing attack on an Israeli bus in Tel Aviv, wounding up to 12 people. He was shot and wounded by security forces before being arrested.

Biography
Hamza Muhammad Hassan Matrouk was born in Tulkarm, West Bank, in the unofficial state of Palestine. Matrouk lived in the Tulkarm refugee camp, and he was inspired to carry out attacks against Israel after the Operation Protective Edge war in the Gaza Strip of late 2014 and the Third Intifada in Jerusalem. Matrouk entered Israel illegally on 21 January 2015 and boarded a bus at Tel Aviv at 7:30 AM, and traveled two stops as more passengers boarded. Drawing a knife, he attacked the driver first, before attacking the people riding the bus. After the people managed to open the doors and escape, he left the bus and continued to attack people in the street. Matrouk was stopped by prison personnel on a routine trip to the Tel Aviv-Yafo court, and he was shot in the legs, with Matrouk not saying anything. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed that the Palestinian Authority was responsible for disseminating poisonous incitement that led to the incident, and Hamas was quick to commend the attac. However, a friend of Matrouk told Palestinian website Maan that he was acting normal the night before the attack and was not affiliated with any armed group.